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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, and citizens of Denton are mourning |
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the loss of community activist and former city councilman Carl Gene |
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Young, Sr., who passed away on January 10, 2007, at the age of 59; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Born January 5, 1948, to George Alfred Young and |
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Dorothy Nell Sims Young, Mr. Young was raised in Denton; he answered |
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his country's call to duty and served in the 1st Air Cavalry during |
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the Vietnam War; and |
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WHEREAS, Returning home to face new challenges, Mr. Young |
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became an ardent and committed advocate for the residents of |
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southeast Denton; in 1995, despite a lack of political experience, |
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he won a seat on the Denton City Council; during his three terms in |
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office, he was a tireless champion for the causes he believed in, |
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including the need for affordable housing, better law enforcement, |
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and more diversity in city government; he was instrumental in the |
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creation of the Robson Ranch development and lobbied to name a |
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street after Martin Luther King, Jr.; always proud of his military |
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service, he helped to start an annual Easter egg hunt commemorating |
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16 soldiers who were killed in combat during Easter of 1968; and |
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WHEREAS, Carl Young was unfailingly forthright and honest, a |
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fiery advocate for the ordinary citizen; his was a classic American |
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story of triumph over adversity, as he rose to become a champion for |
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his community; his passionate dedication to the service of others |
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earned him the lasting respect of all who knew him; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the memory of Carl Gene Young, Sr., and |
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offer sincere condolences to his family: to his wife, Marjorie |
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McIntosh Young; to his children; and to his other relatives and many |
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friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Carl Gene |
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Young, Sr. |